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UNINA9910791290803321 |
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Schenwar Maya |
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Titolo |
Locked down, locked out : why prison doesn't work and how we can do better / / Maya Schenwar |
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Oakland, California : , : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1-62656-271-7 |
1-62656-270-9 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (303 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Imprisonment - United States |
Alternatives to imprisonment - United States |
Corrections - United States |
Criminals - Rehabilitation - United States |
Justice, Administration of - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction Into the Hole; Part One: Coming Apart; 1 The Visiting Room; 2 The 100-Year Communication Rewind; 3 On the Homefront; 4 "Only Her First Bid"; 5 Disposable Babies; Part Two: Coming Together; 6 The Case for a Pen Pal; 7 Working from the Inside Out: Decarcerate!; 8 Telling Stories; 9 The Peace Room; 10 A Wakeup; Epilogue: Not an Ending; Notes; Resources; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author; Footnotes; Introfn; Ch05fn; Ch08fn; Ch09fn |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Through the stories of prisoners and their families, including her own family's experiences, Maya Schenwar shows how the institution that locks up 2.3 million Americans and decimates poor communities of color is shredding the ties that, if nurtured, could foster real collective safety. As she vividly depicts here, incarceration takes away the very things that might enable people to build better lives. But looking toward a future beyond imprisonment, Schenwar profiles community-based initiatives that successfully deal with problems-both individual harm and larger social wrongs-through connectio |
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